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Alumni by Class
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At this time, we are just starting to get the alumni information up-to-date, so if you have any information (email, address, shows, performances, weblinks) that you would like to share, fill out the Alumni Update Form or email us at info@fosota.org.

Class of 1996: 65 Alumni    [Click to Return]

Adams, TracyTheatre
Austin-Hatch, LaKishaDance
Bandy, RileyInstr
Riley performed at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco in March 7, 2009. And also joined with other alumni at Jerry Pannone's farewell concert.
Bersaglieri, ReginaDance
Brown, Mary ChristinaDance
Campos, DamienMedia
Crowhurst-Robinson, ZoeMedia
Diep, TracyVisual
Dong-Stewart, AliaVisual
Gong, JuliaInstr
Currently living in San Jose.
Gonzalez, DanielVisual
Graver, SallyTech
Guaman, ErnestoVisual
Gureghian, LanceTech
Gyori, IanVisual
Hall, BarnabyVisual
Harris, DevonTheatre
Hew, MarieInstr
Hollander, MaxInstr
Horner, GemmaTheatre
Hurtado, IvanMedia
Johnson, TupacInstr
Jones, MarcusInstr
Jones, QuincyVisual
Kealoha, AmarinaMedia
Lee, DonnaVocal
Lee, Sharon Visual
Lincoln, JonVisual
Lopez, PiaDance
Lopez-Klein, MarisaDance
Macasocol, JoseVisual
Maldonado, MarioVisual
Mauro-Sachs, IsaacTech
Merchant, CriaDance
Mercurio, MarioInstr
Mogilyanskaya, NinaTheatre
Muniar, JohneyVisual
Ng, CliffordVocal
O'Dell, James JorelInstr
James attended SF State University and the New York School of Music at Mannes.  In New York, and San Francisco respectively he  played with such bands as:  The Motet, The Slip, Glactic, Delta Nova,    Samantha and the Ritual, Garage Mahal, JFJO, Benvenutto/Russo Duo, Robert Glasper Trio, , The Grobe-Hinez Quartet, Kakki King,  Seamus Blake,  Riley Bandy,  Jaz Sawyer,  Om Trio, Michael Bluestein, Jason Stokes, Realistic Orchestra, Eric McFadden Trio, and others. He created and performed with Transit, and the James O'Dell Quartet. He is currently an actor with the Committed Theatre Company in New York. 

http://committedtheatre.com/

Oliver-Gans, CaitlinTech
Onodera, KiraTheatre
Pinelli, LiaTheatre
Pusawong, Danny Visual
Reid, TiffaniVisual
Reis-Kane, LeilaniTheatre
Reyes, CarolinaTheatre
Santiago, CarloTheatre
Sawyer, JazzInstr
Jaz Sawyer began playing drums at the age of 2. He also learned to play the trumpet and the bass before starting his serious pursuit of music studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music/Preparatory Division at the age of 15. Mr. Sawyer was a member of the San Francisco Youth Orchestra for two years before graduating from the San Francisco School of the Arts. He has toured and performed in numerous venues across the world. Including The Blue Note, The Village Vanguard, Carnegie Hall (NY), Davies Symphony Hall (S.F), The New Morning (Paris) The Concertgebow (Germany), Red Sea Festival (Israel), and North Sea Jazz Festival (Cape Town).
Mr. Sawyer has worked with Wynton Marsalis, George Benson, Santana, The Grateful Dead, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Bobby Hutcherson, Jacky Terrasson, Irvin Mayfield, Abbey Lincoln, and many others. Now 28, he holds a B.F.A. degree from the Mannes Jazz & Contemporary Music Program and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Metropolitan College of New York. Mr. Sawyer is versatile in performing and producing different genres of music including Jazz, Classical, and Afro–Cuban-Caribbean to Soul and well studied in various percussion instruments. He is currently CEO of Pursuance Records for which he constantly composes and produces creative projects and events

http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/jazsawyer
Scarlata, AntonioMedia
Schnick, MollyInstr
Shih, GilbertInstr
Smith, RashettaVocal
Tanaka, SayaInstr
Taylor, JasonInstr
Tirado, JoseInstr
Trotman-Roach, EricaTech
Tsim, JaimeeInstr
Ueber, BrigitTheatre
Valdes, DamianVocal
Van Orden, VanessaInstr
Vlach, JacintaDance
West, MatthewInstr
Wilkes, SeleneVocal
Zapolya, AimeeVisual
Zavodovskiy, ReginaVisual